The Bridge on the Big Screen

Bring a blanket or low lawn chair and enjoy the new Main Post Green at this film series kick-off event with the film "It Came from Beneath the Sea." Food available from Off the Grid Food Trucks, Disney Café. Live music from Presidio Bowling Center.

Golden Gate Gala Dinner

Cavallo Point Lodge will toast this historic occasion at a Champagne reception, then offer a six-course menu with wine pairings at a Golden Gate Gala Dinner prepared by chefs Justin Everett of Murray Circle and Craig von Foerster of Sierra Mar.

Music and displays at Fisherman's Wharf

The Golden Gate Festival will include a historic watercraft parade, numerous music and dance stages, art installations, history and educational presentations, and historic displays of cars from 1937. A series of celebrations will take place at the bridge and along the waterfront.

Exhibit: The Golden Gate Bridge - An Icon that Changed Marin

Historical photographs of the construction of the bridge from San Francisco's Moulin Studios and current photos from local photographer Jeffrey Floyd. Also on display are artifacts from community members and the museum's personal collection.

Visions of the Golden Gate at 75

Never-before exhibited historical views from the 1935-37 construction era, taken by land surveyor and photographer W. Gordon Voorhies, juxtaposed with contemporary interpretations by three Bay Area photographers.

Before the Bridge: Sight and Sound at the Golden Gate

A sensory experience of the Golden Gate before the bridge. Large historic photographs, maps, charts, drawings, paintings, and computer graphics combine with a natural, nautical, and military soundscape.

When: May 23 to Nov. 18; Wed.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Montgomery Street Barracks, Building 103, adjacent to the Main Post Green

More info

"Golden Gate Bridge: History and Design of an Icon," by Donald MacDonald and Ira Nadel: History, insights and criticism from an architect who has worked on the bridge.

"The Gate: The True Story of the Design and Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge," by John van der Zee: The book that helped restore the reputation of the discredited engineer key to the bridge's design.

"Historic Photos of Golden Gate Bridge," by Anne Merritt: A pictorial history of the gate and the bridge.

"Paying the Toll: Local Power, Regional Politics, and the Golden Gate Bridge," by Louise Nelson Dyble: A look at the unique role of the agency that oversees the bridge.

"Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge," by Kevin Starr: The former state historian offer a compact, jam-packed, elegiac history and appraisal of the bridge.

"The Golden Gate: San Francisco's Celebrated Bridge," by Peter Beren and Morton Beebe: Lovely photographs augmented by historic quotations about the bridge.

"Highlights, Facts & Figures of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District," by Mary C. Currie: The bridge district's staff historian tells the official story of the bridge.

Websites

goldengatebridge75.org: The one-stop site for all information about the bridge anniversary and more.

goldengatebridge.org/research: Official online research library of the bridge.

californiahistoricalsociety.org: Home of the California Historical Society and its current bridge exhibition, "A Wild Flight of the Imagination."